So, I begin by saying I have noticed that the main news outlets in Canada (CTV, CBC, and Global) are paying attention. They are highlighting some good things about this disaster. Not one of us truly knows what the winter will do to this River as far as the oil spill affects go.....we just know that winter will freeze things up like they always do.

Most of our corporate activity on-site in N.Saskatchewan River has been to continue to take water samples for testing and - after the river rise, to protect the containment assets in place, either by removing them and reinstalling them at other locations, or securing them while the river does its thing.

I'll leave the water testing results until a later date.

Much of the challenge with this project is the push-back from Husky insinuating that "we can't verify who's oil that is - if it is oil at all". (keep in mind, I only get the words of Husky 'second hand')

This picture begs the question, as it has a few who have seen it in real life:

"What is that scum floating in the river that looks like hydrocarbon?

I've compared in real time, the looks of the South Saskatchewan River during the post oil spill (August 2016) and I see no evidence like this on the South SK River. So, it is hard to believe anyone who says this is not the result of hydrocarbons in the water.

Science must weigh in again. And, there is a group doing a great job of keeping everyone "honest".

Check that water quality reporting !!! I am not the only one that sees the comparison to the South Saskatchewan River (or the Little Red)

Back to that "Independent Report" above, and the "need for Transparency" - if you didn't have time to read it, this is the most important statement they made:

The independent group wants facts and figures. In the report, there are a number of recommendations highlighted including demanding "full access to the raw data from Husky's sampling program and a detailed cleanup strategy."

And, before you go to your long weekend retreat, check this out > We are not the only ones dealing with the issues of oil spill